..We aimed to investigate predictors of perceived coercion in subjects admitted to psychiatric hospital in the UK, and to test the hypothesis that high perceived coercion at admission predicts poor engagement with community follow-up...

SF-36 scales, and simple sums of scales, were reliable quality-of-life summaries for patients with schizophrenia

Morven LeeseHealth Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UKJ Clin Epidemiol 61:588-96. 2008

..To examine the feasibility and reliability of the Medical Outcomes Study 36 Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) for patients with schizophrenia, focusing on the eight scales and various aggregate summary measures...

..Crisis resolution teams (CRTs) provide a community alternative to psychiatric hospital admission for patients presenting in crisis. Little is known about the characteristics of patients admitted despite the availability of such teams...

Determinants of first- and second-generation antipsychotic drug use in clinically unstable patients with schizophrenia treated in four European countries

Corrado BarbuiDepartment of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, ItalyInt Clin Psychopharmacol 21:73-9. 2006

..Physicians tended to reserve polypharmacy for difficult-to-treat patients (i.e. for managing situations where, despite the lack of an evidence base, there is a pressing need to provide clinical answers)...